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This War of Mine - Cheat / Developer Mode

Developer Mode

  1. Start the game with -devconsole launch argument (Steam Guide / Epic Games Guide)
  2. Press the Backtick (Grave Accent) to toggle console

Commands

Command Description
Iamcheater Toggles Cheats

Cheat Keys

Key Description
I Adds items to shelter
SHIFT Toggles Game Speed

Functions

This War of Mine v6.0.0 Dump or run the following (Source):

local a={}function dump(b,c)a[b]=true;local d={}local e=0;for f in pairs(b)do e=e+1;d[e]=f end;table.sort(d)for f,g in ipairs(d)do print(c,g)g=b[g]if type(g)=="table"and not a[g]then dump(g,c.."-")end end end;dump(_G,"-")

Open ConsoleOutput.html located in the root of the game directory to view them all.

Epic Games Guide

  1. Open Library
  2. Click ... for This War of Mine
  3. Click Manage
  4. Enable Launch Options
  5. Add -devconsole to the Launch Options field

Additional Resources

Frostpunk - Cheat / Developer Mode

@holoLoveJK
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Hi fellow gamer,
I wanted to ask where do you find the backtick, as I am struggling to turn on the devconsole. Thank you!

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@holoLoveJK

The key is located in the top-left corner of most QWERTY keyboards, directly to the left of the "1" key and above the Tab key.

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@holoLoveJK

The key is located in the top-left corner of most QWERTY keyboards, directly to the left of the "1" key and above the Tab key.

Got it! Thanks for the hustle - and sorry for being a noob :P

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